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Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England (www.smithsonianmag.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Except those objects were found in coin hordes and the graves of rich aristocrats, and must have been too valuable to be a simple knitting tool.
And for some reason, this style of knitting would have then disappeared until it was reinvented the 16th century.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

the Roman's did a bunch of things that were lost and then relearned, so I wouldn't rule that out.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

They also almost never show any signs of wear and tear beyond having been buried for centuries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Models for ones made out of more brittle material like fired clay or wood?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Maybe it was the original NFT